India’s Union Budget for 2026, presented on Feb 1 by Nirmala Sitharaman, further integrated technology into the centre of economic policy, as artificial intelligence, cloud infrastructure, and research funding received stronger institutional backing. Higher allocations for national technology missions, combined with extended tax incentives aimed at attracting long-term cloud investments, reflected a broader effort to align digital growth with the country’s infrastructure-led expansion.
The measures attracted wide response from technology leaders, who said the Budget recognised the growing role of AI, data platforms, and digital systems in supporting economic scale across sectors, including agriculture, enterprise services, and cloud computing.
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The measures attracted wide response from technology leaders, who said the Budget recognised the growing role of AI, data platforms, and digital systems in supporting economic scale across sectors, including agriculture, enterprise services, and cloud computing.
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